Tierah Ruins Things With Science

This is a show where we review how the science of infectious diseases is portrayed in popular media, like tv shows and movies. Contains mild profanity. Find more details, sources, and transcripts at www.tierahruinsthings.com

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Episodes

Sunday Dec 31, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is about the classic holiday movie The Santa Clause, and the (made up) infectious disease that can make you turn into Santa.
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
 
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Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is a conversation I had with a friend of mine, Jeremy Nordstrom, who worked as a set dresser on The Last of Us Season 1. We talked about what his experiences were, how he got his job, some fun extras he put in, how he asked me for help in creating materials for the sets, some future projects he's working on, and a whole lot of other things.
 
Here’s a link to a couple photos we mention in the show.
 
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Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

S1E6 - The Last of Us

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is about The Last of Us, cordyceps and ophiocordyceps, an explanation of taxonomy, how the fungus works, how I think it would have to mutate to infect humans, and how Ellie survived the fungus and bites.
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
 
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https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

S1E5 - The Tomorrow War

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is about The Tomorrow War, a futuristic movie with aliens, toxins, a few rather picky rants about little things, and lots of talk of venoms and poisons.
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
 
Follow me:
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https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

S1E4 - Black Death

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is about the 2010 movie Black Death, which means I talk about the Bubonic Plague, the first incident of biological warfare, and whether or not there are any species of English moss that might have medicinal properties.
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
 
Follow me:
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https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/
https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

S1E3 - The Rock

Monday Jul 24, 2023

Monday Jul 24, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is about the classic 1996 movie The Rock, nerve gases, a documentary called Inside Porton Down, and a fun digression into V for Vendetta.
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
 
Follow me:
https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/
https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

S1E2 - Venom

Monday Jul 24, 2023

Monday Jul 24, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
 
This episode is about the Marvel movie Venom, parasites and mutualistic organisms, and what I think Venom is (since we know he's NOT a parasite!).
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript.
 
Follow me:
https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/
https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

Monday Jul 24, 2023

Welcome to Tierah Ruins Things with Science, a podcast about infectious diseases in tv shows and movies, delivered in an accessible way for non-scientists. This is for entertainment only and is not to be confused with medical advice. Slight content warning as I swear a little bit.
This episode is about the space virus that infects the crew of the Enterprise and causes them to act like they're drunk, in episode Star Trek TNG S1E2 The Naked Now, and Star Trek TOS S1E4 The Naked Time. Discussion includes prions, polymers, the Polywater Gap, and my conclusions on what actually happened.
 
Here’s a link to sources and a transcript: https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/post/s1e1-star-trek-tng-the-naked-now
 
Follow me:
https://www.tierahruinsthings.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tierahruinsthingswithscience/
https://www.tiktok.com/@tierahruinsthingspodcast
https://www.instagram.com/tierahruinsthingspodcast/
Send in your show suggestions to tierahruinsthings@gmail.com
Research, writing, recording, and editing done by Tierah Hinchliffe
Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley, who also helped with editing.
Links to his channels are here:
https://soundcloud.com/jscrawley
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2EymoLkbTY4m4vg6M97BWq
https://jscrawley.com/
 

S1E0- Intro

Sunday Jan 08, 2023

Sunday Jan 08, 2023

Wondering what this podcast is about, or why it exists? Start here.
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Music written and provided by James Stratton-Crawley. Find him on Spotify or at jscrawley.com
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